DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
GRADUATE STUDENT HANDBOOK
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GRADUATE RECITAL

REQUIRED FOR:

Concentrations in Performance, Conducting, and Collaborative Piano.

RESTRICTIONS:

No graduate student may enroll for APMS 591 Graduate Recital prior to submission of the Program of Studies form to the Office of Graduate Studies. Exceptions may be made for students working toward a Master of Music Concentration in Collaborative Piano.

DEADLINES:

RECITAL DATE:

Because of OGS deadlines, recitals scheduled too late in the semester will prevent you from graduating that same semester. Your actual graduation date will be the following semester. This is an administrative problem that is beyond the control of the Department of Music, as we must abide by OGS regulations. Please bear this in mind when scheduling your recital! Remember that you cannot take your orals until AFTER your recital, and you must allow time for the exam report to be submitted to OGS. Except for courses in which you will be enrolled your final semester, all degree requirements (including thesis manuscripts, reports of graduate exams, defenses and removal of incomplete grades) must be completed and related documentation received by OGS by the following deadlines:

• November 15 for Fall graduation
• April 15 for Spring graduation
• July 15 for Summer graduation

If you decide to give your recital and take your oral exam later in the semester, you will not be able to receive your degree until the following semester. However, you will not have to register in the semester your degree is actually granted PROVIDED your paperwork is in order by the last day of the previous semester.

WHEN TO NOTIFY THE GRADUATE COORDINATOR:

At least TWO MONTHS before the date of your recital, you must notify the Graduate Coordinator of the date via the "Graduation Submission Form for Degrees Requiring a Recital."

REQUIREMENTS:

RECITAL PREVIEW:

You must perform your recital preview at least two weeks before your recital date. You are responsible for scheduling the preview date and making sure that your area faculty can attend. NOTE: Your area faculty are not the same as your advisory committee: Brass recitals are previewed by the brass faculty, voice recitals by the voice faculty, etc.

PROGRAM NOTES:

Students pursuing the Master of Music Concentration in Performance or Conducting must write program notes on all the pieces to be performed on his or her graduate recital. The program notes must indicate substantial investigation, must be well written, and must include a correctly written bibliography. See details under the link below regarding content. It would be wise for the student to begin work on these notes during the semester prior to the recital, obtaining help from his or her major professor and other faculty members.

Deadline:

The student must submit program notes, program, and bibliography to the Graduate Coordinator no later than two months before the recitaL, NOT INCLUDING INTERSESSION TIME). 

Failure to submit the notes on time will require you to postpone the date of your recital.

Format:

The notes and program page should be formatted properly for duplication and should be submitted “camera-ready." See "Program Notes & Program Page Format" for details regarding style and format.

Approval Process:

The Graduate Coordinator may examine the notes, program page and/or bibliography as an outside reader and make comments or suggestions for the student’s advisory committee to consider. These suggestions/comments may involve grammar, style, format, punctuation, spelling, plagiarism, content, or other.  No later than six weeks before the recital, the Graduate Coordinator will submit the notes, program page and bibliography to the advisory committee members, together with any comments or suggestions.

The advisory committee members will read all materials and may request corrections by the student. The student will make all corrections as requested and resubmit the final copy of the notes to the chair of the advisory committee no later than two weeks before the recital.  Once all corrections have been made to the committee's satisfaction and no later than one week before the recital, the advisory committee chair will return to the Graduate Coordinator the final copies of the notes, program page and bibliography, together with a signed Program Notes Committee Approval Form.  The Graduate Coordinator will make copies as necessary for the student’s file and submit the notes and program page to Keller Hall, accompanied by an Approval to Print form.

The student may not perform his or her graduate recital until the notes have been approved by the Advisory Committee and are ready to be duplicated for the audience. Should the student fail to submit corrections in a timely manner, he or she will be required to reschedule the recital for a later date.

RECITAL RECORDING:

The student must deposit a recording of the graduate degree recital with the Department of Music. The recording that goes into your file must be made by the Department of Music Recording Engineer. Arrangements for recording the recital must be made with him at least TWO MONTHS in advance of the recital date. There is a mandatory recording fee, which also must be paid at least two months in advance of the recital performance. This fee entitles the student to one complete recording of the recital; additional copies may be purchased. Check with the Recording Engineer for further information. If you wish to make your own recording in addition to the one made by the recording engineer, the fee will be double the usual amount. If you need to give your recital off campus, the fee to have the Department Recording Engineer record the performance will be double the usual amount.

Submit the Recital Recording Form with your fee to the Recording Engineer. Be sure to keep the signed receipt portion of the form and submit it to the Graduate Coordinator with your Graduation Submission Form.

RECITAL COMPLETION FORM:

Following the successful performance of your recital, the advisory committee chair must submit a signed Recital Completion Form to the Graduate Coordinator. This must be on file before you can take your master's (oral) exam.

Policies for Student Recitals in Keller Hall:

Click HERE for information about scheduling recitals and use of the hall.

 

 

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